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The unpredictable mix of music and stories that delights audiences wherever Richard goes will first be on offer in West Sussex, he says.

He is giving a lunchtime concert at All Saints’ Church, High Street, Lindfield, on Wednesday, September 11, at 1pm. Admission is free, with a retiring collection.

Richard then plays at his home venue of Ropetackle Arts Centre, Little High Street, Shoreham, on Friday, September 20, at 8pm.

And he completes his trio of acoustic outings by performing at Europe’s oldest, purpose-built concert venue – the 265-year-old Holywell Music Room, in Holywell Street, Oxford – on Friday, September 27, at 7.30pm.

Richard’s programme will include his much-loved Paraguayan portfolio (especially works by Agustin Barrios) plus new music uncovered by Durrant during his South American adventures.

“Expect to hear, too, pieces by Bach, compositions by Durrant himself and sounds of Spain, including a beautiful arrangement of Cordoba by Isaac Albeniz - the whole of Spanish history in four minutes.”

For nearly a quarter of a century, Richard has been in the vanguard of presenting eclectic repertoire in ever more intriguing and innovative ways (including his renowned, good-natured banter with every audience he entertains) “while the rest of the classical music world continues to agonise over how to make itself more accessible”, he says.